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REMONSTRANCE OF THE PEOPLE AGAINST EXCLUSIVE AND UNJUST LEGISLATION . A PUBLIC MEETING will be hold in the Hall of the National Association , 242 . High Holborn , ou Tuesday Evening , Makcu 28 th ! 1843 , for the purpose of Adopting the National Remonstrance to the House of Commons in favour of the People ' s Charter . Chair takeu at Eight o'Clock . In order to defray the expences of the Meeting , Oae Penny will be charged each person for admission .
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ASK FOR THE "ENGLISH CH \ RTIST CIRCULAR I " PRICE ONE PENNY . CONTENTS of Part Eight , Price Sixpence : — O'Connor ' s Letters on the Land-Sketches of the French Revolution by Pro Chartist—Speech of Pat Henry , the Orator of American Independence—Horrors of Transportation—Spy Systemaud Blood Money—Lecture , by W . Jones , ( lately confined in Leicester Gaol)—What is Blasphemy 1—An Address from the Poles—Tha Movement , by J . C . La Mont —Italy and the Operative Classes—Life of Washington— Letters , by T . B . Smith—Several Cnartist Addresses , including those of the Executive—Poetry , &o ., &o .
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JIB . HESBY BURNETT AKD THE BRADFORD CHABTISTS . TO THJTEDITORS THB SOBTHERK SIAB . _
, —Id jour , paper 01 XbB 18 th Inst , is a letter , ^ gised . Henry-BiirBet , 13 , Refora-Bfereet , denying Ms jjjTOigxecsdTedJromHietbeHaiaof Ss . 24 ., bang part of a sabscription for Boberi Peddie . Henry Burnett seems to ^ &rgetfiiat ^ he gave me a . receipt lor the amOTuJTinttie ^ rsBenca o ! the Bradford Council , ana juaie « ij eDtjywiaihis own hand in tae Association books at the same time . A dozen-witnesses cm proYB iis ieca . Ting tliB money . - - ¦ - - ~ - .- :--- ¥ h . Oddt . Bradford , Hani 20 th , 1843 .
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10 THE 3 EBIT 0 B . 0 ? THE S 0 BIHXR . 3 STAS . STB , —In the-Wor&ern Star of the 28 th inst ., appears » letter from Henry Burnett , denying hiseTer having recelTed any money on behalf of Bobert Peddie , ind eoar ^ Bg fl » Bradford correspondent -with sending jb abominable falsehood for publication . Sir , the Bradford correspondent * was -in possession of Mr . Burnett's receipt for Sa . ^ a ., and also examined tb . B ^ jjssociar ion ' s books ; 2 nd . under date of the 19 th of Jssnais , 1 S 41 . ia the following entry ;— " Received from Mr . Oddj 3 s . 2 i 3 fr . Burnett at that time was sfrSardarpJ I -was present -when the money was psid to 2 &x . -Burnett , in Mr . GoldEborongh ' a boose , ( joodmansend . iTce reason -why it -was sent for pulv lieaSou- 'waaiJie anxiety of Mr . oady , and the members of the-Ccnntai , to satisfy the subscribers or the jaanner in "which their money -was appropriated , Mr . 03 dy being Treasurer for the Peddie Fund .
Sir . if yonr space Troll admit , you will do me an act of justice by inserting this letter . I am , Sir , - wish great respect , Tour ' s , ± e-r Joss Smith , Sublet Bradford , March 20 th , 1843 .
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TO THE EDUOB . OJ MB SOKIHEKH STAB . Sib—In yonr paper of to-day I pereerrea a brief report of -whatfell fronv me -while addressing the friends -offesedem iciseds , on Saturday the 21 tb instant , ifeMiTO lo Ibe tiKitmeni of myself by ike Magistrates of Beverley .. In Ibis lepori there is a very slight inaccuracy "which might Tay naturally occur , as your talented correspondent did not take notes "while 1 spots , conseqaently drew out his report from memory . Jb Ms report he m&ies me say- — ¦ "That the JIagistrstes tf Beyerley did refuse to allow me the right of petition whUe I remained their prisoner . " Small as thia inaccuracy is I lose not a memEnt in pntting , with yonr permission , the public right on this xnfcjeci .
Sir , I can afEbrd to do ths magistrates of Bsverley foil justice ; and stfll hare a story to tell -which - * ai not , J f > "T > fr , raiBe them tery b % h in the astimaikm of their fcHow-men in general . Tbe language I made me of at the meeting alluded to , Trasthis ;—"That the magistrate of Be ^ erley had , by preventing me irom "writing to any othsr than my wife , and to her only once a-month , and by placing upon my correspon dence with ber such a series of restrictions—restrictions b # ta vexatious and Tmmanly , and calculated , if not
intended , to defeat the ends of justice—and not satisfied withjprerentfag me from sending my letters to Edinburgh such instructions as "would have enabled my friends to ham > exposed "tbe abominable falsehood by -which I was -convicted , and to pat them in possession cf facts which , if published , "would necessarily have secured my liberation and most liidy h 3 ve been the means of bringing the gnlltyiemployeis to punishmentbut that tie magistrates of Beverley did all that they durst to prevent any petition complaning of their own conduct from ever Teaching the House of Commons or the pnoHe-at a 3 L "
ThB fasts of the es&& , Sir , are -s harpy these . After I had been for some months a prisoner , and from the dreadful effects of the inhuman treatment I "was Hit-jected te upon my own body , and also from , the tact of the Tery sudden death of a young T ""' named Cressor , caused , -as I suppose , by the op&-raficn of the treadmill , a conviction forced itself upon my mind , that the loss of my lif e Tras inevitable , if indeed its destruction was sot designed . This suspicion , and a strong suspicion it "was , -was greatly strengthened by the eireumstanca that I learned that ersry effort was made by Sheppard and his principal officer to keep the fact of this unfortunate man's death , xnd every cream stance connected with it , from me ; and the uncomfortable suzpician "was still further strengthened by the fearful state of agitation into "which the jailor and turnkey appeared to be thrown as soon
as they knew that Creasort death "was known to me , and that 2 had expressed my intention of petitioning &r inquiry . Smfc -wss the excitement of tbe jailor thai for eosib time it appeared : to deprive Mm of his ordinary prudence Mid caution , to much bo thai be ordered me immediately to ba locked up in a solitary cell , apart . from-the other prisoners , informing me at the same time , that he ditLso in order to keep me from acquiring any further information relative to fteasora treatment or-death . Why this should have been the case appeared to my simplicity Tery extraordinary indeed , aa I could not conceive why publicity should hare been either dreaded or shunned , provided all the eJTtnxastanees of Greasers death "were fair and aboveboards'these facts forced -upon me the conviction that I had a »* n » 1 i rfrtnyi of leaving toe prison a living maTij Tfnfpaa j found the means of directing **>» public attention "to ay ease and sumaangs .
Waffle I -was tens privately kept out of the irayand pp g ^ gort xa writing a petition to Parliament , I was visited by . a M »_ W 3 Hie T ^ rt -y > pfhwp magistrate . I requested fhnBa-mpw to" permit me to * end my petition to Edinburgh , so th&t my friends mig ht put it into a proper form for presentation , giving as a reason my ¦ well-knowB deficiency in penmanship ; also iihat 1 knew sot any SLP . to -whom I might take the freedom of sending it direct . This reasonable reqaert these : Tnm tbonghk proper to refnse , « t » j » in f > r » fng bo did all they couia to Tender the right of petition null and iroia —tola is what I stated at tlJB public meeting , j and what has somewhat misled my esteemed fr'end 2 ii . _
There is also ! n that report another trifling mij statement ; the petition of the inhabitants of Bradford 1 b first lor inquiry into the conduct of the magistrates of that town in the employing of such ¦ worthless raen as tba spies Harrison 1 and Smith . Secondly , { or inquiring into tbe conduct of the magis tobes of Beverley in having prevented me from aeeing TEJ solidtar or taking any- other means , even the simple one of sending the requisite instructions to my poor wife to establish the now undeniable fact , that I was convicted by falsehood and convicted too of a crime coBceired and executed ij tbe agents of the magistrates of Braif era themselves . It is , Sir , but just to the magistrates of Beverley to state that though unaccountable to me , they had at least tfee sanction of the Whig Government
Shortly after my becoming an inmate of Beverley prison the Whigs seal to the magistrates a letter commanding them to prevent me from holding , upon any eonsideniion , any communication "with any men of Radical politics , or of -writing one single word that could in any -say s&ecfc the public , mimi . It was in vain that I represesented to these magistrates that the ends of justice required , that the safety of life and liberty in England demanded , that I should have an opportunity cf making the guilt of the Crown witnesses apparent . It was in vain that I maintained that it was their duty as magistrates to protect , announce , detect , Ena -pwnab crime . Tee only answer I eonli" wring izom tijsm -was -we will obey our instructions .
Tour insertion , if convenient , of thia correction , TrQl oblige , Sir . Yenra imly , Robert Psbdis . Edinburgh , 15 , WestBichard-Btreet , March 18 . 1843 .
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XBICK 3 OF THE A 2 OI-C 0 BN LEAGUE A 3 TD THE WOBTH OF THE 1 B PUBLIC MEETINGS . TO THE 2 DJXOB OP THB J 50 MBXBH SIXE . Sia . —Yon have doubtless heard of the resolution which these enemies to native industry have come to upon the subject of their meetings , namely , that expressive of their determination not to allow any stranger to be present unless admitted by ticket , though you may not have heard of ibe manner in "which such tickets are issued ; I -win thertfore give yon an account of it . instead of leavniE their tickets at thBTOrions libraries ,
as most of the eonvezsers of ticket-meetings do { and as , for convenience sake , one weuld have supposed the Letgne-would do ) , they -will not suffer a single ticket to be issued except at the rooms of the Association , where the greatest care is taken not to give them t » aay but Leaguers ; and as the persons "who have the issning of such-tickets are League orators , and from their long connection -with tbeagitation , know tbe faces of nearly all -who axe disringiiisBed for their love or opposition to it . their objectris easily attained ; a directTefnsal being given to evsry applicant -who by one previous act or ¦ word has incurred the displeasure of the League .
1 had a splendid instance of this kind of League JMtice sflbrded me by some advocates of the same during my application for tickets for the first of tbe peatTreefcly meetings of Hie League , which are now being Jield every -Wednesday , in tbe Theatre Royal , Dmiy Ia&s , aad which are oiled " pnblle . * 1 called at the chief drvisian of their Association , 448 , West Strand ; " and amongst the members whom I met with there Tras the notorious Sidney Smith , 'whom liao previousiy given great xffijncs to by telling him , at one of ha 1 meetings , ; that the people -wanted something ffiore than cheap bread . ' It "was net my Intention to
« peak to him , jor / hifl duty -to speak to me ; mybnsiaess being -with the -secretary , -who was then attending to the requests of Borne former applicants . As , how"er , my visit wasnnexpeeted , and the secretary had 3 » t been tampered -with concerning Jt , and as Mr . Smith && not -wish me to have a ticket , b . e thought I had vetta not speak to the secretary : accordingly , by way ° ? a prelude to a lie , he asked me if I ^ sn a subscriber to the League . I told Mm him that I "was not j but , in Qa advertisement calling the meeting , no mention whatever -was made of subscribers , as it distinctly Sated that the pit sod galleries irere for the mesibexs , fctftllB boxes ior tbe pubEc He told me that not a
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single person who came -within the meaning of the term " public" should be admitted ^ and that they ( the League ) meant to have the "meeting all to themselves 1 told . him that he bad put sn entirely -wrong construc tion on the adverfiwrnent calling the meeting in question , and , tbat he had denied me a ticket because he knew I was a Chartist . This he denied ; but , in order to get rid . of a discourse in -which it -was evident he ¦ was -worsted , he said "I do not sit here to talk to you , or to enter into an explanation -with yon : yon-have got your answer , and now be off" One of the League , who stood near Mr . Smith during the -whole of our discourse , and who had heard every ¦ word that was nttered , here ( b y way of offering additional Insuft )
asked what was the matter . I told him that Mr . Smith had refused me a ticket ; and that tbe construction which he "( Mr . Smith ) put upon the meaning of the advertisement calling the meeting was a wrong one , " well suppose it is ?"' snappishly observed be , " yon have got your answer : and now ( pointing towards the room door ) go , and make whatever use of it you please . " Having again told them not to call this meeting a public one after what Mr . Smith had said respecting it . I left , and ere a very few hours x » ere over , obtained three double tickets , for myself and others , from an office of the Xeagne , at which I happened to be anknown . I attended the meeting , and just as it was about to be dissolved , hurled two hundred copies of the enclosed
addresses of Jarl Stanhope ' s Society for the protection of British Industry , amongst the numerous merchants , bankers , and manufacturera , -who were congregated in the pit , on trhom they descended in a shower , to the no small chagrin of the League , who , doubtless , wished me and my papers far enough . It -will be more difficult than ever for me to obtain a ticket to a League meeting DOW , bat the more opposition that I meet -sdth in tbia respect , the greater plea I shall have against tba exclusive proceedings , and I here tell them that unless they abandon tbeir packed meeting scheme , and come forward as they ought to do , and meet the people ; there are-persons in both " House , * -who will at no distant day , declare that they art afrzid to do so ! and Parliament , I believe , -will decide accordingly . Trusting that yon "will insert the above .
I remain , Sir , Tours , Ac , Hekbt Dowelt , Griffiths , No . 4 , PhilpottrTerrace . Eilgware-road , London . March , 20 th , 1843 .
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CROWtf COURT , Tuesday , Mabch 21 . ( Before Mr- Justice Coltman . ) MUSDEB AT ILE 1 EY . Joseph Hey , 42 , was charged with having , at Ilkley , in the West-Riding , on the 17 th of Deoember last , mlfollj and maliciously murdered William Hustmck . "Mr . WnKms , Mi . Ovekesd . and Mr . Habdt ^ appeared for the prosecution ; Mr . Baines and Mr . Bi . iS 3 defended tbe prisoner . Mr . Wasiss , in stating the case against the prisoner , said—Gentlemen of the Jury , the _ very announcement of the nature of the offence with which
the prisoner now stands charged wilJ be qmte sufficient to prepare your minds for the discharge of a serious and painful dnty . The circumstances of the case itself are quite sufficient to impress jon with the necessity of entering on the investigation with more than ordinary scrutiny and care , because the prisoner at the bar waa never seen by any human eye to commit the off ^ noe with which he stands charged , and if you convict him at all , it must must be on what is termed circumstantial evidence . The pri--soner , Joseph Hej , was a wheelwright , living at Beamsley . The deceased , William Hnstwick , was a neighbour of his , and the parties appear to have bees on good terms until the 16 th of December , when they went to a public-house called " Lister's Arms , " at
Ilkley , about eight o ' clock in the evening . At that time there was nothing in their conduct to jnstify tha belief that any ill feel'ng subsisted between them . . No angry words passed ; ihe deceased had done nothing to provoke the prisoner , and the prisoner bad done nothing to provoke the deceased . Whilst they were as the Lister ' s Arms , a man -name * Joseph Wingworth called in , and remained there until ihe prisoner and the deceased left the house , about a quarter past ten o ' clock . The parties were then all fresh , but the deceased was in a much worse condition with regard to drunkenness than the prisoner . When thej were about to leave the house , the deceased expressed a wish to stay all night . This the prisoner strongly opposed , and told
him he was talking nonsense—he had far better go home , as it was a fine clear night , and he theo * pushed him out of the passage . This was a little past ten o ' clock . Shortly after twelve a man named Thomas Hard-prick , a private watchman in the service of Mr . Middleton , was waiehing in the back-yard of a bouse belonging to Mr . Burgess , the steward to Mr . Midleton . Whilst there , he heard some person cry , either—Help me—or , Let me get up . He also htard the sound of a human voice , and other noises , which continned until about one o ' clock , three qnarters of an hour . Tbe noise appeared to be near the river in a line with the steward ' s house , and it seemed as if some persons were throwing stones into the water . Shortly after one o ' clock , Hardwick went to
Middleton Lodge , and was there joined by W . Hawfrsworthj and other gamekeepers , who were watching poachers . They all then went to the place where the sound appeared to come from , and in a field called Hawksworth Island , between the high-road and the river Wharf they fonnd the deceased . He was not quite dead , but lived about half an hour afterwards . He however , did nothing bat moan until the time of his death . There waaa thick stick lying besides him , about a yard from his body . The landlord of the inn will tell you that when the deceased and the prisoner left his house , they each had a Btick . The prisoner ' s was a slender walkingstick , but the deceased ' s was a thick rough one , about threefeet long . Pieces of flesh , hair , and skin , were
found on the stick which was lying near to the deceased , and it was covered with blood . In addition to this yon will find , from the evidence of a medical man , that the body of the deceased was in a most awfnl state , and when his hat was taken off a large quantity of blood flowed from it . To use the words of one of the parties present , the head of the deceased was literally smashed , and bis body one mass of bruises , inflicted by some violent and bloody hand . The prisoner was the last person in whose company the deceased was seen alive—that yon will find was somewhere about half-past ten o ' clock . You will find from the eridence that about twelve o ' clock the moaning and crits began , and continued in the- hearing of the watchman uutU after one .
The body of the deceased was then discovered , and carried 10 a public bouse in a cart . About half-past six in the morning two of the keepers , Thomas Gill and Charles Moon , went to the prisoner ' s house , tbe door was fast , but they heard the prisoner cry out , M ' s tbwe V and a candle was lit , whith was afterwards extinguished ; and it was not until a considerable time bad elapsed that they gained admisraon . The prisoner was asked if he had been at Ilkley with deceased the night before , and he said he had . Moon asked where he left him , and prisoner replied in the flit close by the lime-kiln . There are two , and the body of the deceased was found midway between them , about 200 yards from each . Moon then asked prisoner if deceased
was drunk , to which he replied that deceased was either drunk or sulky , as he conld not get him any farther than the fl * t close . He also said that after leaving Ilkley he had tewed with him for about an honr before he could get him to the place where he bad left him . Deceased wished to sii down there , and so prisoner allowed him to do so . Moon said , "He is dead . " Prisoner replied Thou talks . ' tie was then asked whether on the road home he had met or seen anything , and he said he had heard a gun fired off . 1 think yon will be of opinion that ihat cannot be true , for every one of the parties 1 shall call before yon that wnt to look for the body , and afterwards found it , will tell you that they were
out in seach of poachers , when their attention was directed to every sound and circumstance which « ould justify the belief of parties being in the neighbourhood , and they heard no gunfire . TniB story may be true , but it may also be the expedient of a guilty mind to seek for some cause , to which to asenbe ihe death of tbe deceased , in order that he himself might be clear of the charge . I say no more on that point , Gentlemen of the Jury—I leave the inference to you . The prisoner was then asked at what time he sot home , and his wife stated , in his hearing , that he got home about naif-past three . You will remember the first moanings were heard about twelve o ' clock , and ooaiinued up to one , and at half-past one when the body of the deceased was found . iTwas still living . At that time , when the prisoner left the deceased , he would have to go three nT f « nr miles : so that if he had gone Btraight
home at the time when he says heleftthedeceased , he would have been there long before the time Btoted by Ms wife . The prisoner made no remark , and did not contradiot his wife , when she said it was halfpast three before he arrived home . She also said , "Poor Will ; I iavebeen studying all night , and wondering whether he got home or not . " This shows that a conversation had taken place between the prisoner and his wife about the deceased . Between eiebt and nine o clock , Abraham England , a constableof Addingbam . and S 31 is TOtate , went to * pprehecd the prisoner , when England iound him la
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the street , and said to Mm you are my prisoner . I am come to apprehend you in consequence of your being connected with the death of William Hastwick . Have you anything to state why you should not bs taken into custody ? Prisoner said I do not know that I have . England then examined prisoner ' s shirt , and on the wrist bands of both sleeves he found spots of blood . He was asked how they had come there , and he stated that he had assisted in carrying a pig belonging to ahrother of the deceased , and that at that time he had no coat on . He said he had washed his hands a little that morning . He went into his house and put his coat on , and England and Whittaker then set off with him to Addingham . As they were eroin&r . England noticed
that there were marks of blood on the inside oT prisoner ' s coat . and h # asked how they came to be there . Prisoner said he « ould not tell , unless it was from Hu 3 twick ' s pig . England replied that cannot be , as yon had no coat on . When at Addingham he was asked why the blood was on his coat , and he gave another reason totally different from that which ho had given before ; be said it was from HuStwick ' 8 nose having bled , as they sat on a wall after they got across the bridge flat . Gn the very next day , a medical man , who examined the body of the deceased , and particularly inspected the nostils , stated that tbnre were no marks of blood to be found . This would affect the prisoner in two ways . First , with regard to his veracity . When first asked
about the biood on his coat ,, he said he could not account for its being there , except it had been caused by Hnstwick ' s pi ^ . When he was told that he had no coat on , he then gave a different version of the cause of the blood ; and it ' seems to me , if the statement of the medical man is to ba relied upon , the statement of the prisoner cannot be relied upon , in accounting for the blood found on bis coat ; while the woman who laid the diseassd out will corroborate the statement of the surgeon , and will state that she found no blood in his nose . During his examination before the justices , the prisoner said that he and the deceased went on until they came to a style , when the deceased made a bit of a flounder , and when they got Further , ho said , ** I believe my nose bleed 3 . " They went on a little further until they came to the lime-kiln , when the deceased said he would remain there . When the prisoner got home his wife told him it was two
o ' clock . I ought also to &tate that some blood was found upon the latchets of one of the prisoner ' s shoes . I have now gone through the facts of the case upon which you are to form your verdict . There can be no doubt that deceased died from violence ; there can be no doubt that the prisoner was the last man seen in his company ; there can be no doubt that the deceased desired to stay all night at the Lister ' s Aims , and the prisoner was the man who prevented it . There can be no doubt that at twelve o ' c l ock the moaning of tbe decpased began , and continued until half-past one . Tne prisoner does not find his way home until half-past three o'clock , when he is found with stains of blood upon his shirt and coat , for which he cannot account , and respecting which he gives contradictory and conflicting statements . The Learned Counsel concluded by remarking that he left the prisoner to God and his country , and he was sure that the Jury would do their duty .
Several witnesses were then examined , who bore cut the statement of the Learned Counsel in most of the particulars , after which Mr . Baises addressed the . Jury for the prisoner at some length , contending that from all tbe circumstances of the case not only that there was no proof that the prisoner was guilty of this heinous crime , but that the facts of the case led to the conclusion that he was not , and the Jury could not arrive at any other conclusion than that the prosecutor had
entirely failed in establishing the charge of guilt against the prisoner . He said he would proceed to review the case as it stood , and when he had done so he would ask permission of the Jury whether it was necessary for him to go into the body of evidence that he might produce before them , but if they did not think that at all necessary , then they would one and all say that the ; were convinced , the prosecutor had not made out his case , and they were ready at once to pronounce a verdict of acquittal .
After Mr . Baines ' s address , the Jury , without hearing any of the prisoner ' s witnesses , found him Not Guilty . The Learned Judge eoncutred in the opinion of the Jury .
BUBGLART AT HUNTINGTON . Wilson Rocket , 28 , who had been out on bail , was charged with baring on the 6 th of January last , at Huntington , broken into the dwelling-house oi John Bradley , and Btolen therefrom 200 sovereigns . Mr . Wilkins and Mr . Thompson were for the proseoution ; Mr . Bliss and Mx . Pvllkinb defended the prisoner . Mr . Wilrins stated the case for the prosecution , after which tbe following witnesses were examined : —
Elizabeth Bradley deposed—I am the wife of John Bradley , of Huntiogton ; he is in his 87 th year ; I am turned 70 . I keep a shop . On Friday morning , the 6 ih of January , four men came into onr house . We went to bed on Tnursday night about eleven o ' clock , having examined the doors and windows to see that they were fast . About one o ^ clock feur men came into the room . Two came to my bed side 7 and two to the bed foot . They took me by the throat , and I thought they were choking me . I forced the hand off . They then put their hands upon my mouth and nipped my nose . One of the men took a pillow , put it on my face , and got upon it with his knees . The priboner is the man who got upon me with his knees . He said , " if
you don't hold your noise and be still , I ' ll blow your brains out if you speak a word . " I got tbe pillow off and said " are you going to murder us , wnaj do you want V He said he wanted our money . The prisoner had a elub stick in his hand . They took my husband by one of his legs and trailed him into another room . Tney struck him over the bead with the club stick . In ten minutes or a quarter of an hoar , they trailed him back by the hair of his head like a clog tf wood . Ho was bleeding from his head , nose , and mouth , from the stroke of the stick . When be was in tbe other room , I heard them say " Hang him out , he ' s not dead yet . '' When
be came back , they trailed me oat of bed . I said " Oh , " and one of them said " Come , madam , if you Bay that sg ^ in , I'll blow your brains out . " Tbe faces of the men were not grimed ; they had bits of crape ever their faces , and had short smock frocks on . When they . went to the bed of my grand-daughter , two of them took their veils off and put them in their hats . I saw the facei of two very fair when they were talking to my grand-daughter . The prisoner was one of tbe two men who took their veils off . The prisoner had a candle and a stick . He laid his stick on the bed when he Beized me by the throat .
Mr . J . S . Maddison , superintendent of the rural police , produced a crape veil . Examination of E . Bradley resutr ed—This ia the veil that was found in the room entangled with the bed foot . There was only one veil found . Tne men had such veils as these on . Prisoner had a dark coat and waistcoat ; J saw them through his smock being open at tbe breast . The men staged about an hour in the room . I don't know J lost anything but the money . We lost £ 200 , which were in a little box under a step ; the money was in sovereigns .
They said they were going down stanrr , they should be there two hours , while they got something to eat , and if we spoke or stirred , they would blow our brains out . 1 found that the men had gone shortly after , and I alarmed my neighbours . The baok window had been torn out of ihe frame . They had got in at the window , and opened the back door . That back door was fastened by me . I saw the prisoner first after that on Monday , the 1 st February , at the Castle gates . They fetched him down stairs for me to look at him . - As soon as he passed me I
saw that was the man , Cross-examiiiefl—1 had been asleep before the men came in . Before I went I had heard the clock strike twelve . They had all sticks , and good thick ones too . One of tbe men had a handkerchief over his face . I can't say I was very much frightened considering the alarm . I have not got quit of my hurt yet . The veils were taken off when they had almost done tbeir work . Tne first time I saw any face without orape was when tbty went to the bedside . I went to the Castle gates to spe if I could challenge the prisoner . A man went to fetch him down Blairs . 1 had never known or Been tbe prisoner before that I know of . I know a man called the herring man , and I bought some herrings of him once . I should know him if 1 saw him again , i know Joseph Harrison , b « lodged with me , and Jett my house on Wednesday , and this happened on Friday morning .
When they had got the money they went away . They left me when they went for the money . I saw the naked faces of the two men for ten nnuutes or a quarter of an hour . I did not see the taces of the other men . I think I should know the other man if I saw him . I am sure the prisoner is the man who came to my bed-side and ill-used me . Witness repeated that she was quite sure the prisoner was the man . 1 did not see a man in the room that was like the herring , man . My Bon was sent for immediately . It had just gone two o ' clock when the alarm was made . —— -Re-examined . —When they were near my bedside I could see faces of the men sidewayB ; they had candles in their hands . I knew tbe prisoner as soon as 1 saw him at the Castle gates . When they got the box they shook it , and said " This is what we have come for , and we have got it . " I have no doubt the prisoner is the man .
Wm . Benjamin Lund , father of last witness deposed . —I live at Huntington . I was called up on the morning in question . : It had Just Btruck two when I was putting my clothes on . ' I went to W . Bradley ' s house ; everything was turned inside out . At that time I suspected Joseph Harrison . I went with Wm , Wilson to the York police station ; we got there about half-past two . I told Mr . Chalk , and he gave directions for printing the hand-bills . It was through a quilt being stole tbat I suspected Harrison . When I returned my daughter gave me
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a veil ; this is it . My daughter had given me a- descr iption of the men she had seen . Two sticks were found . A piece of bark found in the hope fitted one of the sticks . < Cross-examined . —I went twice to York that morning . My daughter said one of rhein was less than me , but wider about the shoulders ; but the other man was taller . Harrison is described in the bill as being five feet nine or ten inches , and the other man , who iB described as the herring man , as five fees ten inches . The Jury , after a very short consultation , found the prisoner Guilty . "
On being asked if he had anything to say why sentence should not be passed upon him , the prisoner blamed his attorney for not ealljng all his witnesses , as he had several more . He said , Wood had committed the robbery , and he had several respectable witnesses in Court , who had not been called . The following witnesses were then examined—Mr . Hill , publican , Peasholme-grsen . deposed—I have known the prisoner eight years . He has been a peaceable , good neighbour . I have never heard anything against his character for honesty . He has been an upright tenant to me , and has paid me very lar
regu . Mr . William Outhwaite , butcher , Peasholmegreen , deposed . —I . have known the prisoner five years . He haa always been a very honest man . I have never heard anything amiss by him in my life . Mr . John Milner , cowkeeper , Hungate , deposed—I have resided in York about twenty years . I have known the prisoner four or five years . I think , as far as I know , he is a very decent man . I never knew any man say any thing amiss by him . The prisoner was then ordered to stand down . The Court rose about a quarter before eleven o ' clock .
The case excited a great deal of interest , and the Court was much crowded during the whole day .
( Before Mr . Baron Park . ) Ann WiUon , was charged with wilful and corrupt perjury at Hull . Mr . Aechbolb and Mr . Raine were counsel for the prosecution ; Mr . Baines defended the prisoner . The prisoner keeps a lodging house at Hull , and the present prosecution arose from the testimony she gave before the Magistrates of that Borough , on the 7 th September last , on a charge preferred against some persons with whom she was acquainted , for being concerned in the issuing of begging letters for the purpose of obtaining money under false pretences , wherein she stated that she had not seen the accused destroy one of these letters , and that she had not seen him before he was at the Station House .
This statement was contradicted by two witnesses , and tt . e Jury found the prisoner Guilty , but recommended her to mercy on account of her previous good oharacter . James Bleasby was charged with wilful and corrupt perjury at the Barkstoa Aah Court of Requests . Mr . Hjlll was for the prosecutioa ; and Mr . Wilkins defended the prisoner . Tne Learned Counsel for the prosecution stated that it was doubtful whether they could prove the guilty knowledge of the prisoner , in the commission of the offence imputed to him ; and , as he would no doubt be acquitted by the Jury , they should offer no evidence against him ; the prisoner was consequently discharged .
Joseph IVilMhson , 28 , was charged with wilful and corrupt perjury , at North Bierley . Mr . Wilkins and Mr . Pickering conducted the prosecution ; and Mr . Bliss the defence . Tne proseoutor , John Youdall , resides at Bowling , near Bradford , and is an innkeeper and joiner and cabinetmaker ; he is also employed as gamekeeper by the Iron Company . On the night of the 23 / d of October , he was going his round in company with two assistants , for the purpose of detecting poachers , when they encountered three men , the prisoner being one of the party , and he was charged with having been ferreting . Some altercation ensued , which
ended in a scum a , and the prisoner was thrown down , and a ferret taken from him ; the prisoner then said , " D n thee , I'll swear thou's got 5 s . from me . " To the prosecutor ' s amazement he was taken into custody on the following day , the prisoner having sworn before the magistrates that Youdall had met him on a footpath at North Bierley , when he threw him down and robbed him of two halfcrowns . One of the magistrates before whom the charge was preferred , asked the prisoner where he had got the five shillings , and he replied that Mrs . Mitchell had paid them to him for wages on fcho 22 d of October .
WimeBbes were called to contradict the statement of the prisoner . Not Guilty . Henry Stockdale was charged with wilful perjury at Barkstou Ash . Mr . Bliss and Mr . Hall conducted the prosecution ; and Mr . Dearsley defended the prisoner . Not Guilty . John Leach was charged with wilful and corrupt perjury commited at the Barkston Ash Court of Requests . Guilty . His Lordship intimated that he should give the prisoner the benefit of some objection which had been taken in the previous cases . William Watson , 30 , and Richard Butterfield , 20 , were charged with having , oil the night of the 17 ih September , at Bingley , witb three other persons , being armed with bludgeons , &c ., unlawfully entered the enclosed lands of Mrs . Sarah Ferrand , for the purpose of taking and destroying game .
Mr . Hall appeared for the prosecution , and Mr . Thompson defended the prisoners . On the night in question prosecutor ' s watchers were out for the purpose of protecting the game , when they met with the priHoners in the wood of St . Ivcs . Guilty . The Court rose at a quarter past six .
Before M . T . Baines , Esq ., Q . C . John Walker , 27 , Thomas Gamble 25 , William Sylvester * 38 , and Joseph Rowley , 3 i , were charged with having , on the' 26 th of January last , at Hindsworth , burglariously entered the dwelling-house of Sarah Smith , and stolen therefrom twenty pounds of bacon , two loaves of bread , and twelve shillings in copper . Mr . Warbbn and Mr . Blair were Counsel for the proseoutiou ; and Mr . Overend defended the prisoners .
Tbe proseoutnx when she retired to rest , properly secured her house , and about half-past two in the morning , her niece was awoke , in consequence of whioh she alarmed her husband , and he went down stairs , where he saw four men , amongst whom were prisoners Gamble arid Walker , the former standing upon the hearth stone , with a candle in one hand , and a fire-poker in the other , and tbe Tatter in the act of emptying the till ; Gamble threatened if he dared to make any noise that he would blow his brains out . The nephew then returned : up stairs , gave the alarm , and the men made a retreat . About nine o'clock the same evening , the prisoners were apprehended at the instance of the nephew , who followed the men to some distance from prosecutrix ' s house . The t » 6 first uaraed prisoners were found Guilty , and sentenced to fifteen years transportation ; and the others were acquitted .
Hugh Gaunt , 16 was charged with having , on the 9 ' -b of Nov . last , at Leeds , feloniously and maliciously killed an ass ,, the property of Ja 8 . Johnson . Mr . PicKfcRXNO was for the prosecution ; and Mr . Monteith defended the prisoner . The prosecutor resides in Holbeok Lane , and on the day in question , he had two donkeys turned upon the moor , and on going to the place during that evening , he found one of them dead , having had its throat out . The prisoner was seen near to the spot , and a knife was also found , which it was alleged belonged to him . The Learned Counsel for the prosecution failed in proving the case to the satisfaction of the Jury , who acquitted the prisoner . Richard Watte , 16 , was charged with having , burglariously entered the dwelling-house of Wm . Bootnani i and feloniously stolen a case of surgical instruments .
Mr . Hill appeared for the prosecution ; the prisoner was undefended . The prosecutor is a surgeon at Yeadon , and on the 31 st Jan . last , he and his wife retired to rest about eleven o ' clock , when the doors , &c . were fastened . About half-past two on the following morning , Mrs . Bootham was awoke by a noise in the kitchen , which is uutler the room in which she sleeps , and on getting up to ascertain the cause , the burglars made their escape . The manner in which the prisoner was identified with the transaction , was the finding upon the premises of a pair of clogs and a coat , which were sworn to as belonging to him . Guilty * but recommended to mercy on account of his youth . —To be imprisoned six months to hard labour . John Brown , 40 , was charged with stealing a cow , at Almondbury , the property of John Woodcock .
Mr . Pashlet appeared for tbe prosecution . The facts of the case were briefly these : — The proseoutor had three cows in his mistal on the 6 th of January last , which he saw safe at nine o ' clock that night , and on his daughter going to milk the next morning she missed one of them ,. Inquiry was made , and the prisoner was found in possession of the stolen cow , at a distance of about twelve miles from prosecutor ' s house on the same day . —Guilty To bo transported ten years . George Finch , 23 , was charged with having , on the 3 rd of September last , at Mexborougb , feloniously stolen a horse , the property of John Roberts .
Mr . Monteith conducted the prosecution ; the prisoner was undefended . The prosecutor is a farmer at Mexbrorigh , and the prisoner was hiB nephew . The prisoner visited his uode in August last , asd remained with him about a month . On the 2 nd of September both the prisoner and the horse : were missing , and search being made , the latter was found at Seacroft , near Leeds , the prisoner having sold it for £ 9 , Finch was subsequently apprehended near Edinburgh . —Guilty . To be transported ten years . The Court rose at half-past six .
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Leeds Cloth Markets . —There ] was more business done at the Halls on Saturday and Tuesday last —a gleam of sunshine in mid-winter ; we shall be glad if it continue , but much more ' pleasure will be realized if we should be enabled to announce an . itverease in business , of whioh there ; is even ytit very little doing . Richmond Corn Market , Saturday , March 18 rH—We had a tolerable supply j of Gram in our market to-day . Wheat sold from 5 * . 3 d . to 6 s . 3 d . ; Oats , 2 * . to 2 s . 10 d . ; Barley , 3 iJ 6 d . to 33 . 7 d . ; Beans , 3 s . fid . to 3 i . 91 . per bushel .:
HVDDEBSFIBLD MARKET , MARCff 21 sT . —The Cloth Hall was tolerabiy well attended by buyers this day , and a very fair quantity of goods , principally light fancy ones for the spring trade , such as ought to have been sold two months ago , exo&anged bands . The finer qualities are not Jin great request . Wools , Oils , &c , nominal . London Corn Exchange , Mond ay , March 20 . —Since this day . ee ' nnight we have bad but moderate arrivals of all grain up to oar market , except oats , of which upwards of 40 , 000 qra have come to
band , chiefly from Ireland . Notwithstanding there was a fair averago number of dealers iu attendance , the demand for Wheat , of home growth , was excessively heavy , at an abatement in the prices noted last week , of from Is to 2 s ver qrj and a clearance was not effected . Foreign Wheat , both free and in bond , quite Is beneath the prioes obtained on Monday last . Barely at stationary rates . Good sound Malt was quite as dear , bat other kinds had a downward tendency . Oats 6 d per qr ( sheaper . Beans , Peas , and Flour , somewhat lower in price .
London SMiruFit . tT ) Caxtlb * Market , Monday , March 20 . —In our market of to-day the supply of Beasts on offer was , the time of year considered , tolerably good as to numbers , and of fair average quality . Still the beef trade was j by far more < iepressed than we have had occasion ^ . o repon during the whole year . Prices were quitej 2 d to id per 8 lbs beneah those obtained on Monday last . There was another good supoly of Sheep in the pens , but we
regret to say that numbers of them wore seriouely affected by the prevailing epidemic , and , in consequence prices gave way 2 rt to + d per j 8 lbs . Shearlings from 2 j lOd to 3 s 2 d per 8 ' . bs . Forty Limb ^ from the Isle of Wight , went at an average of 53 per 8 lbs . Although but few Calves were on jsale , the inquiry for them was inactive at drooping quotations . Pork at a reduction of quite 2 < i per 8 ba . Not a single head of stock has been imported into the United Kingdom since our '» 3 t .
Bobouqh Hop Market . —Out market is , on the whole , wall supplied with most kinds of hops , but we have to report very few sales in them , and prices remain unaltered . Borough and Spitalfields . —We have had a fair average arrival of potatoes for pur markets since this day se'unigbt . The plentiful supplies of grenn vegetables have caused the demand to rule inactive . Wool Market . —The imports of Wool during the ? ast week have consisted of about 300 bales from Tow South Wales , 220 ditto from tho Cape , 73 from St . Helena , 52 from Buenos Ayres , and 60 from Hamburgh . Our private contract demand is exces - sively dull , at barely previous rates .
Tallow . —During the past week ] the foreign market became firmer , and business , to some extent , has been done at 43 a for Y . C . Taliow both on the spot . and for forward delivery , and at this price there art ) strong buyers . The price at St . Petersburgh by the last advices ^ as very flat , and would cost laid down here , including charges of every description , 42 s to 42 s 6 d per owt . Town Tallow has again declined in price , and no doubt the supply is plentiful at 43 a to 44 s 6 . 1 net oash . Manchester Corn Market , Monday , March 18 . — We continue to experience a steady consumptive demand from the trade for all descriptions of English Flour and suitable cuts of Oatmeal , but
the quantities taken off are limited , even at reduoed prices . On reference to the Import List , it will be seen that the stocks of Oats and Oatmet > l have received a large augmentation during the week : the arrivals of Irish Flour are likewise on the increase . Of English manufacture there ia no accumulation here , the demand being full y equal to the supply . There was very little passing in Wheat at our market this morning , and we reduce our quotations 2 d per 701 bs on all qualities . With a fair inquiry for Flour ( but not leading to any extent of business ) , we make no change in the currency of this day se ' nnig , ht , although those rates were barely supported . Oats and Oatmeal were slow of sale , the former at a decline of Id per 4 olbs .
Liverpool Corn Market , Monday , March . 20 . —Since this day se'nnight there Have arrived from Ireland to this port 4 , 146 qra of Wheat , 27 , 921 qra of Oata , 5 , 950 sacks of Flour , and 25 , 670 loads of Oatmeal ; the imports of other articles of the trade are of moderate amount . With ibe exception of a parcel or two of forflign , taken for ! shipment to Ireland , the week ' s transactions in Wheat have been confined to the retail purchases of oar local millers and dealers , which have been effected generally at Id per bushel below the prices quoted at tho close of
last week . Flour has met a dull sale , and has barely maintained its previous value . At a decline of Id to 2 d per bushel , two or three cargoes of Oate have found country buyers ; good mealing at 2 i 3 d per 451 bs . A few parcels of Oatmeal have aho gone into the bands of the dealers at ids 6 d to 20 s per 2401 bs , according to quality . The maltsters having pretty well supplied themselves from the previous arrivals the week's business in that grain , although offering generally at a decline of Is to 2-j per qr . has been very small . Beans and Peas have declined in value Is per qr . ;
Liverpool Cattle Market , JMond ay , March 20 . —We have had rather a larger supply of Cattle at market to-day than last week , ] but owing to the butchers not being at all able to ( make the coarser p ieces of both Beef and Mutton into money , we have had a dull market , with little or no variation in prices from last week . Beef 5 d to 6 d , Mutton 5 d to 5 . ^ 1 per Ib . Number of Cattle at market : —Beasts 814 , Sheep 2 , 544 . '
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On Saturday , the 18 m inst ., agect 77 years , Mrs . Sarah Hemsworth , milliner , dressy and shroud maker , of this town . Ou Wednesday , the 8 th inst . * at Arthur ^ Hill , Weatgate , Newcastle , F « argU 8 O'Connor Hedl&y , infant son of Mr . A . D . Hedley , of Howartls-lane , near Gateshead .
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P-S . —Not a word of fiissent is allowed to be expressed nt the packed meetings of the League , and if there should , means are taken to eject the offender immediately , j the manufactnrinj ? hells are being represented as heavens , the manufacturer fiends as gods ! and the people as an Ignorant set , who are incapable of appreciating tbe efforts of those screwers down of "WageS i and supporters of Ve \ r Poor Law assassination schemes , - wno say they wish ttiem TJeli—a performance , " Damned Already J" that is to be played at Drnry Lane , erezj "Wednesday till farther notice . «? w
Yorkshire Spring Assizes
YORKSHIRE SPRING ASSIZES
Market, Intelligence
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GLASGOW CARPET WEAVERS . We learn that a portion of the carpet-weavers of ihe Port-Eglinton Establishment being " ova" in resistance to an offered reduction of from ten to fifteen per cent . ; the masters have put out placards advertising for workmen . Tbe men have issued the following reply : — ; " To Carpet Weavers and ' Others . —Beware of the hand-bill of the Port-Eglintoa Spinning Co . advertising for weavers . The men and their employers save a dispute , because they were for reducing their already too low wages ! ttom ten u > about fifteen per cent , below the uniform rate paid by the rest of the manufacturers all over the country . —Br Order of the Workers-. "
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In the Shrewsbury Chronicle , { of Nov . 12 , 1774 , we find the following letter from , ' Anthony lienlev to his constituents , ( a borough in Hampshire ) , who had written to him to oppose the Excise Bill : — " Gentlemen , —I received yours , jand am surprised at your insolence ia troubling me about the excise . You linow , what / very well know , that I bought you—and by G—d I am determined to sell you . — And 1 know , —what perhaps you think I do not know—you are now selling yourselves to somebody else . And I know what you do [ not know—that I am buying another borough . —May G—d ' s curse alight on you all . —May your houses be as open and common to all excise officers as your wires and daughters were for me when 1 stood for your ra 9 ca | ly corporation . Yours , —Anthony Henlet . ' *
Great Decrease in the Whisky Duty . —From returns recently presented to Parliament , it appears that there has been a decrease in the quantity of whisky whioh has paid duty in Great Britain during the last four years , bat a very inconsiderable one , compared with the enormous tailing effin Ire land . The following are the results of the returns : — In England , the number of gallons in the ygar ending 5 th January . 1840 , was 8 . 186 . 552 ; in 1841 , it was 8 , 278 , 148 ; iu 1842 , 8 . 166 , 985 ;; aod in the jear ending January 5 , 1843 , it was 7 , 956 , 054 . In Scotland , in 1840 . the number of gallons was 6 , 188 , 582 ; in 1841 , 6 , 180 , 131 ; in 1842 , 5 . 989 905 ; and ia the year ending 5 th January last , it was 5 595 , 186 . !
In Ireland , in the year ending January 5 , 1840 , the number of galiens brought to charge was 10 , 815 , 709 j in 1841 , 7 , 401 . 051 ; ia 1842 , 6 , 485 , 443 ; and in the year ending 5 . h January last , it was
5 , 290 , 650 . ! Thus , the decrease in Ireland , on the last year , as compared with 1841 , was two millions one hundred and ten thousand tour hundred gallons . But , as compared with 1840 , the decrease is upwards of five million and a half gallons—a decrease greater in extent than tbe entire quantity upon which duty was paid in the last je&r . —Dublin Evening Post . I
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 25, 1843, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct795/page/5/
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